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Using health and demographic surveillance systems for teratovigilance in Africa [PDF]

The Lancet Global Health, 2016
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Kirakoya, Fati, Sombie, Issiaka, Ogutu, Bernhards, Tinto, Halidou, Kouanda, Séni, Tiono, Alfred B, Otieno, Walter, Dodoo, Alexander, Kamanda, Mamusu, Sankoh, Osman   +9 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Space-time smoothing of complex survey data: Small area estimation for child mortality [PDF]

, 2015
Many people living in low- and middle-income countries are not covered by civil registration and vital statistics systems. Consequently, a wide variety of other types of data, including many household sample surveys, are used to estimate health and ...
Clark, Samuel, Lutambi, Angelina M., Masanja, Honorati, Mercer, Laina D., Pantazis, Athena, Wakefield, Jon   +5 more
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Mortality from external causes in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH Health and Demographic Surveillance System Sites. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Mortality from external causes, of all kinds, is an important component of overall mortality on a global basis. However, these deaths, like others in Africa and Asia, are often not counted or documented on an individual basis.
Alam, N, Ashebir, Y, Attaa-Pomaa, M, Azongo, D, Bauni, E, Bhuiya, A, Bonfoh, B, Byass, P, Chihana, M, Collinson, MA, Crampin, A, Diboulo, E, Emina, JB, Ezeh, A, Gomez, P, Gyapong, M, Hanifi, SM, Herbst, K, Jasseh, M, Juvekar, S, Kabudula, CW, Kant, S, Khaggayi, C, Khan, WA, Kone, S, Lankoandé, B, Manyeh, AK, Melaku, YA, Millogo, R, Misra, P, Mochamah, G, Mossong, J, Ndila, C, Ngoran, EK, Niamba, L, Nyaguara, A, Obor, D, Odhiambo, FO, Oduro, A, Oti, S, Patil, R, Rai, SK, Sankoh, OA, Sié, A, Soura, AB, Streatfield, PK, Utzinger, J, Wagner, R, Wahab, A, Wak, G, Wamukoya, M, Weldearegawi, B, Williams, TN, Wilopo, S, Wontuo, P   +54 more
core   +2 more sources

Evaluating the Utility of Paired Tumor and Germline Targeted DNA Sequencing for Pediatric Oncology Patients: A Single Institution Report

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the diagnostic yield and utility of universal paired tumor–normal multigene panel sequencing in newly diagnosed pediatric solid and central nervous system (CNS) tumor patients and to compare the detection of germline pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants (PV/LPVs) against established clinical referral criteria for cancer ...
Natalie Waligorski, Rebecca Ronsley, Shannon M. Stasi, Jeffrey Stevens, Erin R. Rudzinski, Christina M. Lockwood, Sarah E. S. Leary, Bonnie L. Cole, Michelle A. Ting, Vera Paulson   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of home-based postpartum care on neonatal mortality and exclusive breastfeeding practice in low-and-middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019
Background Early postpartum facility discharge negatively impacts mothers’ proper and effective use postnatal care. Cognizant of these facts, home-based postnatal care practices have been promoted to complement facility-based care to reduce neonatal ...
Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Chalachew Bekele Shiferaw, Alemayehu Worku   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing Cognitive Functioning in Children With Brain Tumors: Interaction of Neighborhood Social Determinants of Health and Neurological Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background This study investigated how neighborhood‐level social determinants of health (SDOH), including redlining and neurological risk, interact to influence cognitive outcomes in children treated for brain tumors (CTBT). Methods A retrospective chart review of 161 CTBT aged 5–17 was conducted.
Alannah R. Srsich, Manali Zope, Peter M. Fantozzi, Cassie N. Kline, Iris Paltin, Matthew C. Hocking   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of Stroke and Associated Risk Factors in Sleman District of Yogyakarta Special Region, Indonesia

Stroke Research and Treatment, 2019
Background. Stroke remains one of the most common noncommunicable diseases among Indonesian populations. This study aimed to identify the prevalence of stroke and its associated risk factors in the Sleman District of Yogyakarta Special Region, Indonesia.
Ismail Setyopranoto, Halwan Fuad Bayuangga, Andre Stefanus Panggabean, Sarastiti Alifaningdyah, Lutfan Lazuardi, Fatwa Sari Tetra Dewi, Rusdy Ghazali Malueka   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stillbirth outcome capture and classification in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study

Population Health Metrics, 2021
Background Household surveys remain important sources of stillbirth data, but omission and misclassification are common. Classifying adverse pregnancy outcomes as stillbirths requires accurate reporting of vital status at birth and gestational age or ...
Hannah Blencowe, Matteo Bottecchia, Doris Kwesiga, Joseph Akuze, M. Moinuddin Haider, Edward Galiwango, Francis Dzabeng, Ane B. Fisker, Yeetey Akpe Kwesi Enuameh, Bisrat Misganaw Geremew, Tryphena Nareeba, Susannah Woodd, Alexandra Beedle, Kimberly Peven, Simon Cousens, Peter Waiswa, Joy E. Lawn, the Every Newborn-INDEPTH Study Collaborative Group   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying gene expression signatures for risk stratification of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy in colorectal cancer

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
A novel signature integrating genome‐wide analysis with clinical factors predicts recurrence in stage II colorectal cancer and enables a new risk stratification to guide postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy. Clinical risk stratification for postoperative recurrence in patients with pathological stage II (pStage II) colorectal cancer (CRC) is essential ...
Mayuko Otomo, Keisuke Okuno, Shuichi Watanabe, Sakiko Oba, Hiroyasu Kagawa, Masanori Tokunaga, Daisuke Ban, Yusuke Kinugasa   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interactions and potential implications of Plasmodium falciparum-hookworm coinfection in different age groups in south-central Côte d'Ivoire [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Given the widespread distribution of Plasmodium and helminth infections, and similarities of ecological requirements for disease transmission, coinfection is a common phenomenon in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere in the tropics. Interactions
A Spiegel, AA Righetti, AH Shankar, Ahou-Yah G. Koua, Aurélie A. Righetti, C Menendez, CJL Murray, D Filmer, DA Ross, DI Thurnham, DL Doolan, Dominik Glinz, EK N'Goran, EK N'Goran, Eliézer K. N'Goran, FC Hartgers, FK Grant, FP Mockenhaupt, Francis Mutuku, G Jones, G Weiss, GC Melo, HR Choudhury, J Langhorne, J Murray, JD Cook, JG Erhardt, JK Kung'u, JL Gorstein, Jürg Utzinger, KE Lyke, KP West Jr, L Brutus, L Serghides, Lukas G. Adiossan, M Nacher, M Zuk, MD Taylor, N Katz, NJ Yatich, NR de Silva, P Galan, PJ Hotez, Richard F. Hurrell, Rita Wegmüller, RJ Stoltzfus, RL Pullan, RM Maizels, RW Snow, S Brooker, S Brooker, SL Becker, Sébastien Niamké, Y Dror   +53 more
core   +7 more sources